The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-07

WILLIAM DUNLAP of Chillicothe, Mo, had
been ill for several weeks, and last Friday he
felt sure that he would die before night He
therefore called in his daughter and her be-
trothed, and had them married at his bedside.
He gave the young couple his blessing, and in
the evening he was dead.
THE Piute Indians of Nevada are just now en-
gagged in their annual rabbit hunt. 1t is their
custom 10 form circle ten or twelve miles in
diameter and gradually contract it until large
numbers of rabbits have been driven together
IN the centre. Then the slaughter begins, the
little animals being killed in thousands.
The population of London and the amount of
space to be patrolled have increased far more
| rapidly then the police force Its relative
weakness is unfortunately well known to the
roughS, and, what is worse, these natural enc
mics of order have of late begun to think that
the police is no longer so sure of support by
| public opinion and the Home Office as it was.
PETER WHITE is an Indian who lives in the
| forests near Terryville, Conn, and makes a
living by hunting and fishing. He claims own
| ership to the entire neghhorhood, asserting
| that his fathers of the Pequot tribe never sur
rendered their title. He says he will defend his
| rights with his gun, and has already killed
| three dogs which were set upon him. He is
| about the worst Indian outbreak New England
has had since King Philips time.
The great cottonwood trees in the swamps of
| Tennessee contain veins of clear, sparkling
water, which tastes somewhat like unsweetened
soda water and which SpurtS forth as If under
| gaseous pressure when a vein is punctIred. 1t
| is said to be deiciousy refreshing, and hunters
| are in the habit of carrying gimlets with which
i to pierce the veins when they are thirsty 1t is
a point of honor with them to plug up the orr
| fee when their thirst is satisfied, so that the
next conner may not be disappointed.
| FAIR in aid of the Home for the Destitute
Blind was opened Tuesday in New York at the
Brunswick. Eight large booths line one of the
| large parlors, presided over by ladies' who are
| interested in the institution. Two tables are
| devoted entirely to articles made by inmates of
| the home. Brushes basket-work, carving, and
not only plain -sewed clothing, but complicated
| crochet work, bear witness to what the blind
can be taught. Two booths, rich in fancy articles
of all kinds, are presided over
GEORGE DAM, aged Syears, of Columbus,
Ind, was bitten on the thumb by a large rat
| Sept. l, that had been chased until mad. The
| wound bled little, and whisky was used as an
| antidote. Nothing more was thought of the
| matter till two weeks later, when the child's
| lower limbs began to swell and became almost
| as large as his body. He was also thrown into
| spasms, and remained in this horrible condition
until only few days ago. suffering untold
| agony. He has had the best medical attention
| to be found here and is now recovering. His
| flesh, however has wasted away till he is only
| living skeleton and his veins bloodless. He is
| now slowly improving. and it is thought he may
| get well.
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make herself up like bouquet touch of
violet in her hair, scent of rose upon her lips,
| a dash of wild olive on her hands and q bit of
J cherry blossom on her dress. Some of the
| newest dresses from Paris have come with bits
| of perfume in the pockets that smell like sandal
wood. 1t is an ancient custom to put scents in
| clothes. John Mccullough bought lovely
| northumberland jacket from Persian bazar
| in Paris. 1t gave a lasting odor to every trunk
| in which he packed it. One day he looked it
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| and found two humps, one of musk and another.
| of ambergris stitched into the lining. 1t was a
| very old garment and had belonged to a caliph
| of Bagdad. Haroun al Raschid, somebody
| away back in the Arabian Nights
WHEN Gen Lee, the President of the Misss-
| sippi Agricultural College at Starkville, was
asked the other day why it is so successful he
replied: 1--WE have never lost sight of the pur
| pose for which we were founded On the con-
| trary, we have always steadily pursued it; or
| ganized as agricultural college, we have al
| ways been one; everything we have dore has
| been done with an eye looking to the improve
| ment of the agricultural community. We have
| taught practical farming, our experiments have
| been of practical nature, and the farmer at
first disposed TO resent the lnSinuation that his
children could be taught how 10 make land pro-
| ductive better here than at home, has about
come round and now comes here hims If with
| his troubles. We get inquiries every day from
| farmers in regard to farm matters, all of which
are promptly answered"
DURING a hastorm at Mors, in Denmark, a
few days ago. flash of forked lightning-the
only one occurring-struck a farm house. and
| having demolished the chimney stack and made
| a wreck of the loft, descended into the living
rooms on the ground floor below. Here it's
career appears to have been most extraordinary,
| all the plaster around doors and windows hav-
ing been torn down, and the bed-curtains in the
| bedrooms rent to pieces An old Dutch clock
| was smashed into atoms, but canary and cage
hnn fyira
| injured. The lightning also broke sixty win
dows and all the mirrors in the house. On leav-
ing the rooms it passed clean through the door
| into the yard where 1t killed cat two fowls
and pig, and then buried itself in the earth.
In one of the rooms were two women. both of
whom were struck to the ground, but neither
| was injured.
The cost Of a single day of fog to the gas con.
sumers of London may be gathered from figures
compiled rom official sources. Wednesday
was day of dense and continuous fog, neces-
stating the extensive use of gas, and on that
| day the quantity Of gas supplied to London by
| the Gas Light and Coke Company amounted to
103664 900 cubic feet, or 35 0O0 900 cubic feet in
excess of the quantity sent out by the same
| company in the corresponding day of last wear
The above excess in the supply of gas won d
| represent the supply to town of from 10000 to
| 1900 inhabitants for whole year. In addi-
| ton to the quantity supplied by the COMPANY
mentioned, there were supplied by the other two
| Metropolitan Companies-the South Metropoli-
tan and Commercial-about As. 900. COO cubic
feet, making a total consumption for London
on day of fog of nearly 10000 900 cubic feet
Approximately the value of this gas was e2I.-
600, of which cost from $1,000 to GS,OOc was
directly due to the fog. In 1888, on day of
| similar fog, great strain was put upon the
companies.
| THE expulsion of foreign Jews continues with
! increased rigor on the part of the Russian
authorities. From Nicolaieff 300 families have
been expelled beyond the frontier during the
last month. Their case is peculiarly hard, see
| ing that the whole of these families have been
domciled in Russia for the last 90 to 30 years
| From three TO eight days has been the general
| limit of the official notices of expulsion In a
| few cases only where the Jews had extensive
| business connections one months notice has
been vouchsafed. A large number of foreign
| Jews engaged in commerce in this city have
taken alarm at the summary treatment of their
co-religionists at Nicolaieff, and are hurriedly
| winding up their business contracts Auriter
| adds that no matter how long these Jews have
! been domiciled in Russia on foreign passports
they are now being expelled without the Opt on
| OF becoming Russian subjects According to a
| paper published at Kharkotf large numbers of
| young Jewish women in Remembering and in
| several populous centres of the Taurida have
| recently adopted the orthodox faith, owing to
| extraordinary scarcity of manageable Jews
| from emigration and other causes The newly
converted Jewesses it is stated, readily find